Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-05-20
NO. 20.
IN GEM RAL.

al 1t outshines the Koh moor.
Mr. Spurgeon is reported to have said
that If the Salvation Army were wiped
out of London, 5000 extra policemen could
not fill its place in the repression of crime
and disorder
A monument to the Grimm brothers, the
great collectors Of German folk lore, will
be erected at Hanau, Prus and about 500
600 has already been subscribed for the
purpose.
The House of Representatives will be de-
scribed by 2. l.. White in the American
magazine for June, with portraits and
sketches of prominent Congressman, under
the heading of THE Nations Lawmakers
A rattlesnake farm is an Illinois novelty.
The snakes, which are the only crop of
field of 40 acres, are sold to showmen and
to a Philadelphia firm which uses their oil
for making a cure for rheumatism.
A curious incident in police court annals
occurred in Chicago. A policeman arrest
ed his own son among some small boys who
were caught playing pool at night, and bail
ed him out afterward for little conference
in the family residence.
A wonderful map Of the heavens is in
process Of preparation by international as
tronomers. 1t will be composed of from
1900 to 2OOO sheets, and will give exact i'm
.
900, 900 of which, according to statistics
compiled, exist in the armament
Saunders Point" Minnesota, the lake
terminus of the Minneapolis, Sault Ste
Marie and Atlantic railroad company, for
which the enthusiastic boomers of the
northwest anticipate a great future has
been christened Gladstone, in honor Of the
great English statesman.
Tourists will be given a fresh view of
the beauties of the Black forest when the
railway through Hell valley" is completed
next month. The magnificent palaces of
the late king of Bavaria, Hohenschwangua,
Linderhof and Herrenschiemsee, which
cost an incredible sum, have been opened to
the public.
The Church Army, a church of England
institution on the Salvation Army model
has brought forward for confirmation over
1000 adults, mostly gathered at the street
corners and from public houses and has
1000 more adult converts waiting for con-
frmation.
Joaquin Miller tells pretty story about
Mrs Bonanza" Mackay and a poor Cali
fornia girl who went to Paris to study art
The girl was dying and had no money to
get home, when Mrs. Mackay called on her,
bought all her poor little work for 500 and
made the check $1,000
Two clipper ships, the Seminole and
Charmer, are about to engage in a race
from New York to San Francisco around
Cape Horn. Both vessels have fast records.
The Seminole has once beat the Charmer.
They were to have started on Tuesday, but
the fog prevented.
The telephone wire between Brussels and
Paris was put to a fraternal use recently by
the advantage of a microphone. The Pa
risian people, being invited to listen TO a
band of music in Brussels, heard over the
wire a French melody and heard it so dis
tinctly that not note was missed,
A New Lisbon CO., girl, while disrobing
recently, was pulling off her stocking with
considerable exertion, as her foot was damp
1t came off unexpectedly, and her hand
was released with such sudden force that it
struck her under the chin and caused her
to bite her tongue nearly in two
The story of Ireland is best told by fig
ures furnished by Mulhall one of the most
reliable statisticians of the day. He says
that during Victoria's reign of 80 years
there have died of starvation in Ireland
l PCS, 600 people, there have been evicted
for non-payment of rent 1865 900 and
there have emigrated 4, 1856, 900.
The Etruria, which has averaged a speed
of Is knots in nine consecutive voyages be-
tween Queenstown and New York, burns
] ODJO lOnS VI COAL udN, OF IL pOuS per
hour. The difference between past and
present in steamer travel is well illustrated
by the fact that the Britannia built in
1885, took 800 tons of coal on her outward
voyage, burned A tons day, and had a
speed of eight knots.
tramp recently arrested in Jackson
Mich. for disorderly conduct, was found to
have capacious wallet in his inside pock-
ct, stuffed full of two-cent postage stamps
He confessed that he had been making a
tour of the state begging stamp from ev
cry person he met, on the plea of wishing
to send letter to his wife. When a stamp
was not forthcoming he usually got two
coppers a nickel to buy one with and
was able to live in comfort on his revenue.
Schuyler Colfax is to have bronze statue
erected in one of the squares of the city of
indianapolis. The legislature recognizes
the act by giving the land for the site of the
statue. The order of Odd Fellows contrib
utes the money for it and superintends the
work, especially in acknowledgment for
what Mr.. Colfax did in introducing the de
gree of Rebekah into their organization.
This being woman's degree, many women
have had part in this tribute
Helen Spurrel of London has made a
translation of the Bible which is highly
praised by scholars, and is said to be far
the revised version of the committee
This woman, we are told, seems to have
drunk in the dramatic spirit of the Hebrew
more profoundly than the male translators,
while her original arrangement of the
Psalms, Songs of Solomon and several 9TH
er books furnishes key to a clearer inter
probation. In the language of a reviewer,
mo translator in the future will venture to
ignore her work"
Street car conductors are gentlemen of
considerable Importance in Mexican socie-
ty. With their silver garnished sombreros,
embroidered linen, brooches bedecked with
silver buttons up the outside seams and
handsome pistols protruding from their
belts, they make a picturesque figure. The
pistol seems to be an indispensable adjunct
of male equipment. The Mexican would
as soon go outdoors without his coat
without his pistol. He wears it to church,
to the opera, to see his best girl in short,
wherever he goes you may see a glistening
bit of nickel-plated steel sticking out from
under his coat tail.
Dakin, the expelled member of the Mich
igan legislature, was guilty of making out
"a list of fellow members whom he indicat-
ed might be induced TO ''vote right" by the
use of 50 to $50 each. He said ne did not
intend to offer any member money, but
thought he might use it i'll buying cigars
and treating them. His mistake in sup
posing it legitimate to levy money ON
the friends of a bill in order to buy in
Auence by treating his fellow members is
extenuated by the fact which appeared in
evidence, that in the room of one of the
house committees was displayed the notice
eve smoke If we don't, up goes your
bill. And in the room of the senate jude
larry committee the same idea was more
, automatically expressed in the notice
THE tender of cigars facilitates business.
A busy summer is planned for George
W. Cable. He is soon to make an extern
Give trip through the South, Numerous in
vitations from large cities have come to
him TO speak, which are specially crafty
T ing as indicating the changed state of feel
ing toward him in these places so recently
hostile, In this trip he will gather materi-
al for future work. His new story, "Au
Large, is nearly ready, in which the char
acters in "Caranero" will appear again.
He has had four special invitations to Nash
vile, but accepts only one that to give the
annual address at the Vanderbilt universe
D ty He is TO read at lshpenng, Mich, and
appears six times in the Chautauqua meet
ings this summer, He is engaged TO give
the annual address to the boys school at
Mount Hermon and at the summer school
I in Deerfied With daily work at his study
at home, this busy man is not likely to rust
out
| Acting on a suggestion of Erastus Wiman,
: Cornelius and William X Vanderbilt have
= decided ON a novel business and benevolent
Z enterprise. 1t consists in building resden-